Game, The Red Room

To generate interest for his forthcoming effort, The R.E.D. Album, Game offers his latest DJ Skee-helmed mixtape, The Red Room. Consider the 20-track opus an extended preview for his oft-delayed summer blockbuster and another fine example of Game’s outstanding ability as a rhymesayer.

The Compton rapper kicks off the project off with the epic, “400 Bars (The Skeemix),” where he rhymes for 20 minutes over a host of popular beats. Elsewhere, on “Lowrider,” featuring Busta Rhymes, Game pays homage to the West Coast’s car culture by riding out nicely over the piano-laced production. He even shows off some ingenuity as he teams up with Black Wall Street rappers Menace, Maad Maxxx and female MC Kanary Diamonds on the entertaining “The Professionals,” a track modeled after Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek and Freeway’s 2000 concept, “1-900-HUSTLER.”

Unfortunately, Game ultimately loses for his generosity. His willingness to extend an invitation to an army of rappers on the tape leaves The Red Room filled to capacity with guest appearances. From the little known (Mysonne and Juice’s freestyle over Drake’s “Over,”) to the somewhat known (Nipsey Hussle “Ha Ha”) to the well-known (Fabolous “Don’t Stop Hustling”, Jadakiss and Jim Jones “Gangs of New York”) the mixtape sounds like a lyrical clusterfuck at times.

But bearing in mind the unpredictable nature of the author, himself, the organized chaos is understandable. Where Red Room serves as a warm-up for his next move, you can tell from the deft lyrical output that Game is heating up. —Chris Yuscavage

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Teddy

ofcourse its modeled after jay-zs 1-99 hustler game is jay-zs number one stan its pathetic cant go a song without somehow frodian slipping out how much he is on jays dick even on 400 bars says some jay line every fucking song something about the roc or some subliminal ud think he learned his lesson after he did it to himself thank you thank you thank you ur far to kind

Airjunior23

Stan or not, Red Room was vicious. 400 bars alone is classic shit. Game is one of the most under-celebrated rappers out. His albums are vicious, err body say he can’t write hooks, fuck a hook. that’s what is wrong with the game now. you can’t sell without hooks. Bottom line, nigga’s raw.

http://www.onethreemusic.tumblr.com MalMoe

Word the Eff up. couln’t have said that better myself.

A-rod

Too right, I wish Game would get off other rappers dicks.. He drops his ‘rivals’ names in every song and they just dont give a damn bout what he says..

This guy just rapped his way into oblivion – no-one cares what hes got to say anymore..kinda sad

just stop

Agree’D Nuff Collabo’s. But isH Was Bangin Still

http://j-mace.deviantart.com Shawty J

I wouldn’t recommend downloading this. This ain’t no “L”, most of his collaborators killed the overall quality. The tracks with Wayne and Fab are worth checking for. I tried to get into 400 bars, but he went through like 20 beats, it felt like you need ADD to enjoy it.

fuckya

its true his collabs sound quality was poor
and his female protege was involve in this bad quality the fuckin vocals were higher the the fuckin beat

smell deez

who cares, wiz khalifa is more popular than game now

mav

u sound crazy game got way more accomplishments under his belt and a way bigger fan base hes over 6x plat
i downloaded that kush an oj and its already deleted that guy is overrated a decent song maker wit good melodies but he dont be spittin like dat….forget yall taylor gang stans

http://yahoo blowedmind

hell yea wiz is the shit. and this shit was wacc

daydeezy

I cant Lie I have been Bumping that “Kush And OJ” keep it on repeat…I Keeeep one Rooolllled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://XXLmag Shacooz

only gay people who likes this faggot,plus they think he’s a real blood..fuck out of here,stripper been on the show change of heart,that aint gangsta..fuck u if u’re his fan,go suck each others dick

opm509

as this nucca’s probly thinkin weezys a real blood! haha! quit hating games nice wit it and you know it thts why u attack the fans cuz you know he’ll body damn near anybody in the game!he aint the greatest but you gotta respect the skill nuff said

jrich2306

Ras Kass can and has clowned Gayme, it’s sad that he hasn’t made anything descent since 50 picked up his stalled project. Doc knew he wasn’t ready, 50 should have left him buried. I say fail, epic fail. Maybe he can stop faking and being bipolar long enough to make something close to his first effort.

fastflipper

tape is mad shitty

the game fail with this one

sircharles

you fools saying game is weak are dumb!
this tape is nice

http://www.bboycult.com $yk

The mixtape’s meh.

Hopefully the album’s better. That ‘Shake’ song is growing on me, maybe because of the video.

Caino

Agreed^^

http://www.myspace.com tardyturtle

yeahh wiz khalifa takin over

mr.gogetta

game is weak as fuck he wouldnt be shit without 50cent helping him take his first album minus 50cent and the unit he sells 200,000 he has fell off since bye bye game i wouldnt even buy a bootleg version fuck u and balckwallstreet

Anonymous

have you fuckin listened to doctors advocate or l.a.x. your fuckin retarded cause that good shit. its aint games fault cause hip hop buyers dont respect hard rap anymore if its not some boo boo poppy bullshit. game goes hard. nuff said

EReal

I love how these people say 300 and 400 bars are classics. Bro, gtfoh. Just because a dude can sit there and spew lyrical diarrhea for 20 minutes straight doesn’t make it classic. lol.

http://xxlmag jayruckNYC

Double co sign

Will

Ain’t been a fan of Game or Fif since they parted ways, shame they split, they were makin hits together… Give me “How We Do” and “Hate It or Love It” over anything they’ve made since

Makaveli13

I have always liked Game and 99% of his shit is dope, but as far as this mix tape goes – most of it I thought was pretty good with only a few sub filler tracks on it…

Da Illest

For me, Game is the best rapper in the game ( along with Lupe Fiasco) but people concentrate on his so called blood affiliations and not on his lyrics and flow. I have all 3 albums and they are all good. Cant wait for that RED album

drox

@ Da Illest
nah men, I dont think ppl make a big deal with the game’s affiliation. Rather with the fact that he’s such a flip-flopper… there’s nothing that he says that you can say, “okay, this is the game!”. And as far as being the greatest rapper in the game, meh, maybe in the West. I don’t even think he’s half as good as Lupe…c’mon men, get your head in the game.

BeerGangsta

West Coast stand up! Game is the only rapper from the West that can Rap 400 bars. I just wish he didnt have 2 personality. Be true to your self and stop faking.

box

you sound stupid as hell saying that,stop sleeping on my coast you fucc’n idiot,and g blacc did 400 bars before game yell

http://MYSPACE.COM HELTAH SIN SAY

THIS CD WAS A KILLER! GAME KILLED IT LYRICLY! YOU NERDY GEEKED UP NIGGAS NEED TO SHUT UP WITH YOUR LUPE OR COMMON COMPARISONS, THOSE NIGGAS ARE FUCKEN PUSSY ASS AFROCENTRIC FAGS! YOU SEE THATS THE PROBLEM WITH NIGGAS TODAY, NIGGAS TODAY LET THERE GAURDS DOWN! THERE NOT THAT NIGGERY, NOW NIGGAS LIKE COMMON AND LUPE ARE ON SOME SKATEBORAD SHIT, FUCK OUTTA HERE, GAME IS TRYING TO KEEP THAT REAL NIGGA SHIT REAL. PUSSY ASS NIGGAS WITH THERE VANS AND THERE FLANNEL SHIRTS, MAN. I REMEBER THE GOOD OLE DAYS WHEN BLACK AND BROWN KNEW THERE PLACE AND THE WHITE MAN HAD HIS SPACE!!! THATS WHEN NIGGAS WAS REAL. GAME IS ILL . EVERY CD THAT MAN HAS DROPED HAS BEEN PLAITINUM AND THATS GOOD FOR AN ARTIST…

megaman

hes too sick….

ts5000

fuck a mixtape
i wanna hear the album

ben

do they not review any more shit? its been like 3 or 4 weeks now since the last review. XXL is lazy

http://www.badhabitatmusic.com/ Mindskillz

Games new album is okay. Not the best west coast album ever thats for sure. The dude is to complacent being another pop club rapper. Game dont got game. Game is lame…

cant fuk with game mediocre lyracists that hides wack bars behind a hard voice and he’s like lil wayne with that wanting to be jayz shit can’t fuk with this nigga him being confused is one thing but when it manifests itself in the music oh no leave that alone

Devin the Dude

He said 400 bars was “20 minutes over a host of popular beats.” That whole thing was over Exhibit C. Dude didn’t even listen to what he is reviewing. How am I supposed to believe the rest of the shit that he says.

mikeB

Idk if ur stupid, or jus plain STUPID. The 400 bars on “red room” is the skeemix of the original. It has multiple beats. mayb u should listen before commentin on an album review

Devin the Dude

He said 400 bars was “20 minutes over a host of popular beats.” That whole thing was over Exhibit C. Dude didn’t even listen to what he is reviewing. How am I supposed to read on.

Dub

Does Game still name-drop every 3 bars, cause if so, I can’t fuck with him…Nigga got a mancrush with Dre, 50, and Hov, nigga need to let that go

SPMex is best

I stopped listening to Game after i heard he was working with fagget ass Lil Wayne. The best rapper alive is SPM, locked up and still making hits like – SPM- “real gangster”, whos over there(chopped and screwed), power moves (chopped and screwed),hustle town, Wizard of OZ(chopped and screwed),Burn us alive,Get yo Guns, look these up on Youtube if you think im bullshittin, i only started listening to SPM this year, he is better than Kanye, Gay-Z, and Lil Wendy fagget. Support real hiphop, not this Homo Hop you hear nowdays

SPMexisthebest

IF NONE OF YOU DONT KNOW WHO SPM IS, YOU WILL WHEN HIS NEW ALBUM- SON OF NORMA DROPS THIS YEAR, CHECK HIS VIDEOS, ANYONE THAT GETS MILLIONS OF VIEWS ON YOUTUBE SHOULD BE WORTH CHECKING OUT RIGHT??

latino heat

@ SPMex is best

for real homie? so in your opinion a fuckin child molester is the best rapper in the game? a man that impregnated a 13 year old and molested a 9 year old is your favorite rapper? what the fuck is wrong with you?

Worldizmine

D@mn SPM did all that?

compton game

pussies. I fuk wit game al dae

http://XXLmag Lick_a_Ballz

Translation- I became a blood after I got kicked out of UW for trying to sale weed before that at 16 I worked at my mothers male strip club shaking it for a couple dollars and when it was time to become a rapper i asked BIG FASE 100 to turn me into a blood and give me HIS Compton Credentials because i didn’t have any and because he’s my brother he did that. 50 wrote my first album and I sold 5million records and made 8 million today…..I dont know since JAY-Z has the black album I’ll make the Red-Album.

Ghost on set

@ Compton Game you should fuck with a spelling class you stupid motherfucker.

Helper

Man God Dang xxl get on yo fukN job and review more ish

http://thugkasketlegacy buddhakiss

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waitin around 4 us
and this is directly from the capital in america washington dc buddhakiss got played

tha truth

Most underated artist out their..keep it up game…real hip hop heads feeling you

Magnetic

People who hate on Game, I’m not sure what music you listen to or you just don’t understand the West Coast at all. West Coast is real all day, mothafuckas out here ain’t changed their style since Ice T and don’t give a fuck what the rest of the industry is doing. They stick to the script and Game reps the West very well. I ain’t even heard this Red Room joint, but I got his catalog and each album is better than the last. He steps his shit up each album. This kid got stupid lyrics for days plus he flips em’ with style. This is hip hop, and Game spits his shit like a real mc. As far as all that talk about Common and Lupe, Common was on “LAX” you dumb mothafucks! And to the kid who said something about Ras Kass clowning Game, I seem to remember Game whipping Ras Kass’ ass yo.